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MR WRAY'S CASH BOX

Author : Wilkie Collins

Publisher : e-artnow

Page : 74 pages

File Size : 46,84 MB

Release : 2017-10-16

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 8027222567

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Reuben Wray is a retired stage actor whose most valuable possession is a mask of Shakespeare which he guards obsessively in his cash box, attracting thieves towards the box. Upon the theft of his sole possession it is upto his grand-daugter to bring back the lost happiness of his dear old grand-father and make his Christmas worthwhile again. A heartening Christmas mystery read! Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868). The last is considered the first modern English detective novel.







The Literary News

Author : Frederick Leypoldt

Publisher :

Page : 494 pages

File Size : 13,3 MB

Release : 1889

Category : American literature

ISBN :

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Tales of the Long Bow

Author : G.K. Chesterton

Publisher : DigiCat

Page : 168 pages

File Size : 48,60 MB

Release : 2022-11-22

Category : Fiction

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Tales of the Long Bow by G.K. Chesterton is a collection of marvelous stories about the activities of the Lunatic Asylum. Originally a group of pals who clown around, the group quickly transforms into an anarchist machine against the state. Excerpt: "These tales concern the doing of things recognized as impossible to do; impossible to believe; and, as the weary reader may well cry aloud, impossible to read about. Did the narrator merely say that they happened, without saying how they happened, they could easily be classified with the cow who jumped over the moon or the more introspective individual who jumped down his own throat."



The Life and Exploits of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Author : Emmuska Orczy

Publisher : DigiCat

Page : 239 pages

File Size : 37,38 MB

Release : 2022-11-22

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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The Life and Exploits of the Scarlet Pimpernel by John Blakeney is about the life of Sir Percy Blakeney, otherwise known as the Scarlet Pimpernel. Excerpt: "It is with great interest that I have read your book which, as you tell me, purports to be a biography of Sir Percy Blakeney — known as the Scarlet Pimpernel. You do not tell me if you claim to be an actual descendant of the famous Sir Percy, but you certainly seem to have collected a great deal of information, not only about him but also about his ancestors..."





Seven Keys to Baldpate

Author : Earl Derr Biggers

Publisher : DigiCat

Page : 240 pages

File Size : 45,93 MB

Release : 2022-05-17

Category : Fiction

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In the middle of winter a young novelist William Magee travels to a summer tourist town seeking for solitude and inspiration for his greatest novel yet. He gets to the Baldpate Mountain resort, and even though the hotel is closed he makes an arrangement with the caretaker and gets the key to the hotel. But soon after he gets in, he finds out that he is not the only one there, for there are seven keys to the place and seven people with various stories of why they are there. _x000D_ Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) was an American novelist and playwright best known for his mystery novels. His first novel Seven Keys to Baldpate was a major success and it was adapted into several movies and plays. Even greater success came with his series of detective novels featuring Chinese American detective Charlie Chan. Many of his novels were made into movies._x000D_



The Spectator

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Page : 1288 pages

File Size : 22,9 MB

Release : 1852

Category : Art

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A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.